United States Imports

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

350.99

Units In

USD Million

419

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 03, 2025

Time to Release

25 Days 6 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
351,518 Mar 2022	312.98 Jun 2023	78,971.38 USD Million	1950-2025	U.S. Census Bureau

The United States is the world's second biggest importer. Main imports are: capital goods (22 percent) and consumer goods (21 percent). Others include: automotive vehicles, parts and engines (12 percent) and foods, feeds and beverages (5 percent). Shipments from China represent 21 percent of the total imports followed by Mexico (14 percent), Canada (13 percent), Japan (6 percent), and Germany (5 percent).

Latest Updates

Imports of goods and services into the US dropped 16.3% to $351 billion in April 2025, after jumping to an all-time high in the previous month in anticipation of more tariff announcements in April. Goods imports decreased $68.9 billion to $277.9 billion, due to pharmaceutical preparations (down $26.0 billion), cell phones and other household goods (down $3.5 billion), finished metal shapes (down $16.9 billion), other precious metals (down $1.1 billion), passenger cars (down $6.4 billion) and trucks, buses, and special purpose vehicles (down $1.1 billion). On the other hand, imports of services increased $0.5 billion to $73.1 billion in April.